Pantry press -finally finished. first photo is no other light in the house, dark outside. Lights are controlled by motion detector - works great for us as we leave the right side open during the day while we are having coffee
I like that it's near sink, I can pull out hte food processor and push it back very easily. Kettle also need to be out when in use and left to cool down before using back and that extra corner space is very useful
We still have tradesman most days - 3 days out of 4 working days this week. But I think this is last week for some time
Kind of stuck with supply deliveries recently. It took a month to get 3rd pendant, it will take probably another 2 months to get the 2 stools and another month at lest for double door to dinning room. We can't get the electrician back to finish off the work and I will consider myself lucky if we get the fridge freezers by Christmas
I have few fun things coming in the post - teppanyaki plate and grill plate for the hob and the downdraft hob (stove top, or cooker top in US) functions fantastic!
Wow! It looks fantastic! It has been really fun to follow along from the planning stages. I’m sure you can’t wait to get everything put back and settled in.
It's soooo dirty but I can't get myself to clean up just for progress photo, and the fitter will continue work tomorrow. It's great to see it after months of planning. There is probably at least week of work, plus waiting for quartz nest week and after that lights, fridges, double doors but it's starting to look like kitchen
End of week 3 update. I love the tiles, I think they actually look even better in real life
Fridge freezer another 6 weeks wait, 16 weeks in total. Happy I have not promised our old fridge, we can keep it in the dinning room and use it in the mean time. Trying not to be disappointed, unfortunately German factories were hit badly by covid and long lockdowns and increased demand means slower deliveries. It's not urgent, we are lucky we have good fridge.
I love to look at dark kitchen cabinets, black even. But the old layout was so dark, the room is north west facing, in the winter it gets dark before 5. I like to be in dark moody room - with glass of hot tea in front of fireplace, on rocking chair - in a hotel for few nights break. I never in my day to day life want to be in dark room, I crave light. I think if I was in Florida with endless sunshine and long days or if I had huge space, with south facing room I would consider it but didn't feel right for our home. I never thought about dark being hard to clean -another benefit!
That's one of the good things in not renovating the kitchen before we settle and live here for some time, and working from home during covid - we got to think about what we don't like about the space and what do we want it to feel.
We also went with painted kitchen, meaning that we can change the colour if we want!
I have been looking at stools last few days and I find that I can find - cheap, or comfortable, or good looking, or in stock, or easy to maintain but not combination of them. I can get cheap and in stock, but won't be comfortable or good looking. I can get good looking and comfortable - but it will be velvet, 16 weeks lead time and expensive. Everything costs more and takes longer since compared to pre covid.
So exciting! Do you have a mood board or inspo pics you can share?
ETA: disregard that because I didn’t read through your previous posts. 😅
I like one of the photos you shared, which you didn’t like as it felt too clinical. I personally like white kitchens because of upkeep. Dark looks great but a pain to clean. I think I follow too many cleaners on IG. 😂 JK.
First happy vibes moment since the work started. The tiles are being laid down and I absolutely love them! I am bit ... cautious when I say I love something as obviously we all have different preference but to me they are just perfect. I will post photo later, don't want to make the tilers worry about being photographed and they are still working
Wow! Moving right along. I remember from our kitchen remodel what a relief it is to hit the point where they stop tearing things up and start putting things back. 😄
It looks great! I'm jealous :)
Wow! That’s beautiful.
That is so cool! I love that you can hide away all the big kitchen gadgets while they’re still easily accessible on the countertop.
Looks very nice. I love the colour of the doors.
And my super duper hob(stove/cooktop in US)! huge relief that the extractor functions so well!
Pantry press -finally finished. first photo is no other light in the house, dark outside. Lights are controlled by motion detector - works great for us as we leave the right side open during the day while we are having coffee I like that it's near sink, I can pull out hte food processor and push it back very easily. Kettle also need to be out when in use and left to cool down before using back and that extra corner space is very useful
We still have tradesman most days - 3 days out of 4 working days this week. But I think this is last week for some time
Kind of stuck with supply deliveries recently. It took a month to get 3rd pendant, it will take probably another 2 months to get the 2 stools and another month at lest for double door to dinning room. We can't get the electrician back to finish off the work and I will consider myself lucky if we get the fridge freezers by Christmas
I have few fun things coming in the post - teppanyaki plate and grill plate for the hob and the downdraft hob (stove top, or cooker top in US) functions fantastic!
Wow! It looks fantastic! It has been really fun to follow along from the planning stages. I’m sure you can’t wait to get everything put back and settled in.
nearly there, good before after from same angle
and just the bottom photo to show the pendant. We have it higher in hope to improve the chances to remain clean - further from the hob
Oh, wow! That’s beautiful.
Spice drawer looking good!
That’s going to be beautiful! I love the extra light in the room with the big windows and that little wall removed.
It's soooo dirty but I can't get myself to clean up just for progress photo, and the fitter will continue work tomorrow. It's great to see it after months of planning. There is probably at least week of work, plus waiting for quartz nest week and after that lights, fridges, double doors but it's starting to look like kitchen
The tile is beautiful!
End of week 3 update. I love the tiles, I think they actually look even better in real life Fridge freezer another 6 weeks wait, 16 weeks in total. Happy I have not promised our old fridge, we can keep it in the dinning room and use it in the mean time. Trying not to be disappointed, unfortunately German factories were hit badly by covid and long lockdowns and increased demand means slower deliveries. It's not urgent, we are lucky we have good fridge.
I love to look at dark kitchen cabinets, black even. But the old layout was so dark, the room is north west facing, in the winter it gets dark before 5. I like to be in dark moody room - with glass of hot tea in front of fireplace, on rocking chair - in a hotel for few nights break. I never in my day to day life want to be in dark room, I crave light. I think if I was in Florida with endless sunshine and long days or if I had huge space, with south facing room I would consider it but didn't feel right for our home. I never thought about dark being hard to clean -another benefit!
That's one of the good things in not renovating the kitchen before we settle and live here for some time, and working from home during covid - we got to think about what we don't like about the space and what do we want it to feel.
We also went with painted kitchen, meaning that we can change the colour if we want!
I have been looking at stools last few days and I find that I can find - cheap, or comfortable, or good looking, or in stock, or easy to maintain but not combination of them. I can get cheap and in stock, but won't be comfortable or good looking. I can get good looking and comfortable - but it will be velvet, 16 weeks lead time and expensive. Everything costs more and takes longer since compared to pre covid.
So exciting! Do you have a mood board or inspo pics you can share?
ETA: disregard that because I didn’t read through your previous posts. 😅
I like one of the photos you shared, which you didn’t like as it felt too clinical. I personally like white kitchens because of upkeep. Dark looks great but a pain to clean. I think I follow too many cleaners on IG. 😂 JK.
First happy vibes moment since the work started. The tiles are being laid down and I absolutely love them! I am bit ... cautious when I say I love something as obviously we all have different preference but to me they are just perfect. I will post photo later, don't want to make the tilers worry about being photographed and they are still working
Wow! Moving right along. I remember from our kitchen remodel what a relief it is to hit the point where they stop tearing things up and start putting things back. 😄
Day 12. Things are moving nicely
That big thing in the middle is the vent for the hob, I am happy it will be vented out